Mykon claus



(No Model.) v M. GLAUS.

- HARNESS ,PASTENER. v No. 255,416. I Patented Mar. 28,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MYRON OLAUS, OF RUSHFOBD, NEW YORK.

HARNESS- FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,416, dated March 28, 1882.

Application filed January 20, 1882.

To all whom of may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRON CLAUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rushford, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have made certain Improvements in Adjustable Metallic HarnessFasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved fastening device or look to take the place of buckles, &c., used for fastening straps on harness, or other purposes, especially for fastening returnstraps on harncssthat pass through a ring or D, and is usually to be covered by a sliding loop; and the invention consists in its construction and application, as hereinafter fully explained.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section; Fig. 2, a detail, full size, of the metal fastening separate from the straps.

A represents the fastening, made of a single piece of metal narrow in form, of sufficient size to go easilyinto the usual buckle-tongue holes in straps, &c. It is made into a fastener, as shown,byfirst beingbentback atthetopashort distance, making a catch or book, a, leaving a horizontal base part, b, which comes against the under side of a strap, B, with the hook at through the hole in said strap. For a short distance this part b is bent down straight, as at I), for a space a little more than the usual thickness of a strap of ordinary size. It is then bent straight back, making a pointed shank or base, 0, as shown, which comes closely against the under side of the second strap, B, or return-strap, as shown in Fig. 1, in connection with a ring, D. It will be seen that the strap B pulls against the hook a, and the-strap part B pulls against the part b of (No model.)

the fastener, and the stronger the pull the tighter does the hook or fastener hold. A sliding loop, 0, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1,) slides on the two straps and covers the whole, including the fastener A. The loop 0 is made, if necessary, with a groove in the upper or lower inner surface to allow the ends of the fastener to slide therein without friction.

The advantages of this fastener are that it is easily and quickly adjusted, it does not and cannot detach from the harness until removed by hand, there is no sewing or riveting it on, and it is replaced, if lost, easily, being independent of a harness, and of small expense. It is easily adapted to many parts of a harness where any taking up or letting out is required. It has a double action, as it can be inserted or taken out by the hook part a or other end, 0. It is removed at either end instantly. Any weight of or pull on the barness closes both ends a and c all the more tightly against its connecting-straps, preventing unfastening, even without a loop, 0.

I claim- I The strap fastener A, consisting of a narrow piece of metal bent at the top to form the hook a, and-provided with a longitudinal base, I),

the straight downwardly-bent portion 1), and

the supplemental longitudinal base 0, in com- 

